IC 4085
IC 4085
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
495 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
43k ly
across
16.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 495 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4085 as it looked roughly 495 million years ago. The photons left before that much of history had passed, and are only now reaching us. This distance is estimated from the galaxy's redshift, so the lookback time is approximate.
Nearest galaxies
IC 4064Lenticular1.9 million ly
apartIC 4068Elliptical7.9 million ly
apartIC 4060Barred spiral9.6 million ly
apartIC 3945Spiral9.6 million ly
apartIC 4062Spiral10 million ly
apartIC 4004Elliptical11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4068Elliptical7.9 million ly
apartIC 4060Barred spiral9.6 million ly
apartIC 3945Spiral9.6 million ly
apartIC 4062Spiral10 million ly
apartIC 4004Elliptical11 million ly
apart
Source: structural data (position, morphology, brightness, redshift) from OpenNGC (CC BY-SA). Distance computed by gravityfinder from redshift via Hubble's law (H0 = 70 km/s/Mpc).